[robertpaulsen]

"Religious teachings in Christianity come from the Bible which contains the moral absolutes that come from God."

Religious teachings in Christianity come from interpretations of the Bible which contains the moral absolutes that come from God.

Unless you think that Leviticus should be taken literally.

[exmarine]

You misunderstand biblical law. The dietary laws and ceremonial lawsa are NOT moral laws. God's moral laws are laid out in the 10 commandments - they are very plain and misinterpretation is hardly possible. Thou shalt not lie, steal, covet, murder - how do you misinterpret that?

romans 3:19 is also very unambigous: Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Hard to misinterpret that. All people are guilty before God as all people have broken the 10 commandments. Therefore, since people have no righteousness of their own (and you must have righteousness to get to heaven), only faith in Christ (who was perfect and paid the penalty for all of us lawbreakers) will justify a person in front of God.